Looking for bold wall art ideas? Start with the hallway. According to Homes & Gardens, Kendall Jenner’s home is mostly rustic and earthy, which made the big, bright artwork in her narrow hall a surprise. It works because she treated a small, overlooked space as a place to be brave, with a strong turquoise-and-orange pairing set between architectural arches.
The lesson is simple: a narrow space doesn’t need small art. Here are six ways to use it in your own home.
1. Don’t shrink the art to fit the space
It’s tempting to hang something small in a tight hallway, but that’s the opposite of what works. Because you walk past hallway art at close range and from an angle, one confident, large piece reads far better than a few cautious ones. A hall is also a low-risk place to experiment, since nobody sits there for hours.
Large, colour-block pieces suit this approach, such as The Space Between Things, and our Abstracts collection is built around shapes that carry across a room.
2. Bold wall art ideas: stick to two or three colours
Kendall’s hallway art succeeds with an extremely limited palette: turquoise and orange, and not much else. Bright colour looks intentional when it’s confined to a few shades, and chaotic when it isn’t. Choose two or three colours and let everything else step back.
A Minor Collision follows the same rule. A yellow circle and pink and black geometric shapes sit against textured midnight blue, giving you real boldness from a clearly limited palette.
3. Let plain walls act as the gallery
Big, bright art looks best against white or neutral walls, because the empty space around it works like a gallery backdrop. Resist the urge to fill the surrounding wall. The calm space is what makes the colour stand out.
Almost in Order is a good example. Its textured blue, orange, cream and pink blocks, crossed by black lines and circles, pop against a plain wall without needing anything beside them.
4. Go larger with fewer pieces
A single large artwork looks more curated than a cluster of small ones, which can start to feel cluttered, especially in a narrow space. If you have wall space for only one thing, choose the largest piece you can comfortably fit.
Our Plating Studies are made for this. Plating Study 04, with its sweeping cobalt-blue brushstrokes and a magenta circle, holds up well at a distance and gives a hallway one strong focal point.
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5. Keep everything around it simple
The art is the star in Kendall’s hall, so the rest of the space stays understated. Skip busy rugs, extra frames and crowded shelves, and let one expressive piece carry the mood. A portrait like En Vogue, with its expressive face against a rich emerald green background, does exactly that: it gives a plain wall a point of view without needing any help.
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6. Not a colour person? Go big in neutrals
Bold doesn’t have to mean bright. A large piece in charcoal, ivory and soft metallic tones makes just as much impact through scale and shape. The Weight of Nothing, with its monumental oval form, is a calm but commanding option for a hallway where you want presence without colour.
Quick checklist for bold wall art
- Choose one large piece instead of several small ones
- Limit the colour palette to two or three shades
- Keep the surrounding walls plain
- Hang the artwork at eye level
- Keep nearby furniture and decor understated
If you like this approach, our guide to hallway art ideas inspired by Justin Bieber’s home covers more ways to style art with warm wood and neutral walls.
Ready to be brave with your walls?
The hallway is the most overlooked room in many homes, which makes it the easiest place to try something bold. TESOLEE creates contemporary abstract art, from expressive portraits to colourful geometric compositions, across digital work, acrylic, oil, collage and the occasional sculpture. Original artwork and fine art editions are available to bring colour and character into modern interiors.
Inspired by Homes & Gardens’ look at Kendall Jenner’s hallway art. Read the original article.